A Plea to America: Do we need government intervention in all parts of our lives?

Over the last 70 or so years, the U.S. government has pursued an ever expanding policy of interventionism.  Regulation and government involvement in our lives have been increasing at an alarming rate, and all these new laws to break has led us to have the highest rate of incarceration in the world, higher than any communist or tyrannical country.  Below, I give a brief explanation of why government interventionism is, most of the time, unnecessary.

We ban drugs because we say they are harmful and can kill people.  Is this policy based on sound logic?  No matter what your position on the issue, please consider the following.

How many people have died from "The War on Drugs"?  Well, literally tens of thousands of Mexican people are still dieing from this policy in addition to those that die everyday here in America.

Now, suppose the drug war had never been enacted.  How many people would have died over the same time period from the use of now illegal substances?  I would argue far fewer!

Take for instance, Coca-Cola, which still by the way uses a cocaine free extract from the coca plant (the only company still allowed to import coca leaves):  Early consumers of Coca-Cola became concerned with its use of coca extract.  People said, "Coca-Cola will make you a 'cocaine head'."  Due to public pressure from the CONSUMER, not the government, the product soon eliminated the active alkaloid from the leaf extract to trace amounts until technology allowed the complete removal around 1930.

We do not need the government to be our nanny.  We can take care of ourselves.  Our history proves it.  The U.S. has been here longer than 70 years. I beg you to explore our history prior to that. 

It is a more educated and well informed consumer that improves our economy and directs labor to more efficient and higher demand economic sectors.  In the 1990's, the U.S. government would have us believe that Microsoft would rule the computer industry forever.  How many of you are now sitting on an Apple device reading this?  That was the result of American innovation and American demand.

For the sake of us all, Americans please help stand up for our freedom!  Bring awareness! Follow @DerrelWalters